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  1. "He had been maintaining a blog for years about his sexual exploits, writing of his cleverness at maintaining the façade of dedicated husband and father while prowling for men on the side..."
  2. "I sometimes thought that the children he created were more real to him than we were."
    -Charles Dickens' son, Charley
  3. "Homeland" keeps getting more and more improbable -- but isn't that what makes watching it so much fun? You never know what to expect...
  4. "Zero-tolerance drug policies in high schools, undercover officers soliciting marijuana from teens and sanctions involving the removal of support for education and employment are forcing young people into a hopeless maze of poverty and the criminal justice system."
  5. Dave Eggers portrayed Abdulrahman Zeitoun as a peaceful, loving family man. Now the real-life "hero" of Eggers' book is sitting in jail for trying to murder his wife. This isn't the first time that cold, hard reality has shattered the benevolent image of a nonfiction literary character...
  6. Citizens United has gotten the most attention, but several other recent court decisions have also substantially increased corporate power...
  7. Alex Pareene leaves his Brooklyn lair to hit the high seas on a mega-cruise with his Midwestern family. Hilarity ensues...
  8. "Even in a year whose presidential race was utterly dominated by super PAC special interest cash, nothing tells the story of where the true authority in politics lies than a sitting senator leaving a top post in the national government to lead a corporate-funded think tank..."
  9. "When you gaze upon a wall of hundreds of different girls performing endless sex acts, it seems like an especially poignant representation of modern overstimulation and never-ending consumption..."
  10. "The current media marketplace isn't so friendly to baubles or trinkets; it demands empires. So the pint-size "Hobbit" must become a leviathan - a franchise..."
  11. "It's a nearly note-perfect catalog that endures because it sounds like no other, and speaks directly to the vulnerable, romantic heart of all ages..."
  12. "Alternatively dousing a department store in the masculine scent of rose maroc and the feminine scent of vanilla, he found that women bought less when the store smelled masculine, and men bought less when the store smelled feminine..."
  13. There are dozens of terrible Christmas movies, but only a few great ones. What's your favorite holiday flick?
  14. "I didn’t just pick up Zubius, the chaotic neutral Bugbear Barbarian I developed throughout my basement-dwelling high school years, and let him have run of the book. That would be stupid..."
  15. These guys have outsourced tens of thousands of jobs, but now all of the sudden when it comes to "tax reform" they're saying they have America's best interests at heart.

    Don't trust them...
  16. "There’s very little incentive from conservative audiences for policy; what gets them excited (and reaching for their wallets, in many cases) is partisan rhetoric, not policy..."
  17. "As you watch the movie this year, take it not as a piece of sentimental fluff, but for what it can be, if not also what it is - a serious reminder of the sacrifices other people make for our comfort and contentment, a sometimes uncomfortable demonstration of the delicate balance between debt and charity and a portrait not of an angel who finally gets his wings but of a working man who never does..."
  18. What do you think is the best way to help a loved one lose weight without making them feel guilty or ugly?
  19. Do you think it's unethical for psychologists to work with video game makers to design games that will get players addicted more effectively?
  20. "Pictures and calendars featuring half-naked women will be stripped from Air Force work spaces and public areas in an attempt to combat the sexism and rape culture permeating the institution."
  21. Hoax alert: Right-wing media are spreading a viral story that Planned Parenthood is teaching women how to hide evidence of domestic abuse with make-up. Of course, this is absolutely false...
  22. Many in the media are saying that Jim DeMint was a "success" in the Senate for his role in empowering the Tea Party. Now that the Republicans are most isolated than ever... let's just hope DeMint keeps up his "good work" at the Heritage Foundation!
  23. "My gigantic hands... betrayed my desire to be the kind of girl I had learned I should be. And, more quietly, they betrayed my own inner softness..."
  24. The payroll tax holiday gives every single American who collects a paycheck a tax cut -- $1,500 a year on average. Why aren't Democrats slamming Republicans for prioritizing tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans?
  25. Believe it or not, this isn't a Stephen Colbert parody: Watch Bill O'Reilly and his guests discuss how abortion, gay rights and legalized drugs are part of the War on Christmas...
  26. Channel surfing: Check out our TV's critic's new column where she reviews the best and worst of the small screen...
  27. Do you think the radio DJs who humiliated a hospital employee with a phone prank bear any responsibility for her death -- legal or moral?
  28. "If there's one location in the universe an individual ought to be entitled to a little privacy, it's inside his mom's uterus..."
  29. Terrifying: Politicians promise passage of the "Kill the Gays" legislation as a "Christmas gift" to the people of Uganda -- and are cheered by US-based religious leaders for this "inspirational moment."
  30. Salon shared a link.
    Here’s one they don’t teach in journalism school: How do you describe the president getting a hand job, in the New York Times?

    Apparently, on the front page of the Arts section...
  31. Salon shared a link.
    "What DeMint has apparently figured out is that in today’s Republican universe there’s less of a relationship than ever between holding office and holding power. This is what the rise of insular conservative media has done. News is interpreted, talking points are developed and agendas are set on Fox News, talk radio and in the right-wing blogosphere..."
  32. Salon shared a link.
    "Tim Cook may not be Steve Jobs, but the new Apple CEO proved this week that he is just as good as the old Apple CEO at getting the media to snap to attention....Who needs Steve Jobs? Real jobs are coming back to America!"

    But that "good news" is a more complicated -- and a lot darker -- than you may think...
  33. "We're hard-working people, but we're going though a bit of a financial crisis and my fiance's wealthy parents won't give us a little loan to get by. Is it wrong to be angry?"
  34. "Yes, this is one of those archetypal American thrillers that starts with a couple of losers stuck in nowheresville with a garbage bag full of cash..."
  35. "Those of us previously not embarrassed to be fans now regularly find ourselves hostages of Shonda Rhimes' sadistic skills, wanting to look away, powerless not to watch, punished for doing so..."
  36. "I watched so many records receiving critical acclaim that were very derogatory to homosexuals. That and misogyny are still two very acceptable means of oppression in hip-hop culture. It's 2012... there needs to be some accountability."
  37. "O'Reilly seemed to be going the way of Glenn Beck, who lost his Fox show after his paranoia and anti-Obama vitriol became too much even for Ailes..."
  38. The Motor City Madman is a well-known defender of Americans' right to carry guns -- but when it comes to voting rights, not so much...
  39. Tragic: Dozens died in a Bangladeshi factory inferno because Wal-Mart decided it wasn't "financially feasible" to pay for safety upgrades...
  40. Tolkien meets Thomas Kinkade: "The Hobbit's" hyper-real, high-tech glow "make it look like Sauron nuked the whole place eons ago and it's all a radioactive mutant paradise..."
  41. Want a loan? All you have to do is submit to an intrusive psych evaluation that could end up on anyone's desk...

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